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Bob Kisken Photographs, 1973-2020
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Kisken, Bob
- Title
- Bob Kisken Photographs
- Dates
- 1973-2020 (inclusive)19732003
- Quantity
- 15.61 cubic ft. (26 boxes) + 165.81 GB
- Collection Number
- 11383
- Summary
- Collection contains photographs of cattle branding, rodeos, sales barns, and cattle operations in Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming taken by Bob Kisken from 1973-2019.
- Repository
-
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu - Access Restrictions
-
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Bob Kisken was a resident of Glenrock, Wyoming. After retiring, he took up ranch and farm photography as a hobby.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection contains more than 1000 color, black and white, and sepia photographs taken by Kisken of cattle branding, rodeos, sales barns, and cattle operations in Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming. Also included are a series of images of women in agriculture and ranching.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright InformationThe American Heritage Center holds copyright to the Kisken Photographs. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Restrictions on Use
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Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Alternative Forms Available
Existence and Location of CopiesDigital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at https://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~106~106.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Related Materials
There are no other known archival collections created by Bob Kisken at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Bob Kisken donated the photographs to the University of Wyoming from 2003-2021 in memory of his son Nate Kisken, who was murdered in Denver, Colorado.
Processing Note
The collection was processed by Darcey Bezanson in April 2004, updated by Darcey Bezanson in September 2004, Rhonda Wright in April 2006, Matthew Francis in October 2008, and Jamie J. Greene in September 2019, February 2021, and September 2022.
Select material from this collection was digitized by Halena Bagdonas and Brittany Morton in 2019.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Auction, Hosmer, SD |
undated |
Brandings: |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 2 | undated | |
| 1 | 3 | Brence/Rose, Ekaluka, MT |
2001 |
| 10 | 1 | Daly, Snow, Douglas, WY |
2003 |
| 1 | 4 | Dubray, Mobridge, SD |
1999 |
| 10 | 2 | Duncan, Wade, Mobridge, SD |
2004 |
| 13 | 7 | Glenrock, WY |
2005 |
| 1 | 5 | Gray, Ismay, MT |
June 2001 |
| 1 | 6 | undated | |
| 1 | 7 | undated | |
| 1 | 8 | undated | |
| 10 | 3 | Hepper, Mobridge, SD and ND |
undated |
| 1 | 9 | undated | |
| 1 | 10 | 1999 | |
| 10 | 4 | Hildebrand, Albert, Douglas, WY |
2004 |
| 13 | 5-6 | Ismay, MT |
undated |
| 2 | 1 | Kaycee, WY |
2002 |
| 10 | 5-6 | Keenan Ranch, Douglas, WY |
2004 |
| 2 | 2 | Mear, Miles City, MT |
undated |
| 2 | 3 | Miscellaneous, MT and SD |
undated |
| 21-22 | Miscellaneous Matted Photos |
2000-2015 | |
| 2 | 4 | Mobridge, SD |
2001 |
| 2 | 5 | Mobridge, SD |
undated |
| 13 | 1-4 | Mobridge, SD |
undated |
| 2 | 6 | Near Selby, SD |
2001 |
| 2 | 7 | Richard Grant, Glenrock, WY |
2003 |
| 2 | 8 | Wyoming |
2002 |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 9-10 | Bucking Horse Sale, Miles City, MT |
undated |
| 16 | 4 | Bucking Horse Sale, Miles City, MT |
2006 |
| 2 | 11 | Buffalo Sale Barn |
2002 |
| 3 | 1 | Bull Riding, Baker, MT |
undated |
| 3 | 2 | Cattle Drive-Rausch Herefords, SD |
undated |
| 3 | 3 | Cattle Round-up, Hepper, SD |
undated |
| 3 | 4 | Christiansen Ranch, Kaycee, WY |
2002 |
College National Finals Rodeo: |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 5 | Black/White |
2002 |
| 3 | 6 | Casper, WY |
2002 |
| 3 | 7-8 | Casper, WY |
June 2002 |
| 3 | 9-10 | Casper, WY |
2003 |
| 10 | 8 | Casper, WY |
2003 |
| 10 | 8 | Casper, WY |
2004 |
| 10 | 9-11 | Casper, WY |
2004 |
| 11 | 1-2 | Casper, WY |
2005 |
| 16 | 3 | Casper, WY |
2006 |
College Rodeo: |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 11 | Cheyenne, WY |
Fall 2002 |
| 3 | 12 | Colby, KS |
Fall 2002 |
| 4 | 1-2 | Colby, KS |
Fall 2002 |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 3 | Corn deals |
undated |
| 16 | 7 | Corn broom making |
2007 |
| 16 | 5 | Cornhusking contest, Oakley, KS |
2004 |
Digital photographs: |
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| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-008 | Miscellaneous |
2016-2019 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | Alaska |
2016 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | Juneau-Summer-Sybil |
2016 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | Year I flew to Alaska |
2016 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | 140 |
2016 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | Clowns |
2016 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | Family Pictures |
2016 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | Favorites |
2015 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | Encampment |
2015 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | Glen |
2016 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | KI01-06 |
2014 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | Kiskew |
2015 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | Petrified Forest |
2016 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | Taos Area old churches |
2016-2017 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | Churchill |
2016 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | Inovik |
2016 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | New Folder |
2000-2016 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | Pictures |
2016 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | Links |
2016 |
| Digital | ahcdm_11383_001-006 | Documents |
2016 |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 4 | Double Rafter Cattle Drive, Dayton, WY |
2002 |
| 16 | 9 | Ghost Signs, Cheyenne, WY |
undated |
| 4 | 3 | Glenrock Sale Barn |
undated |
| 16 | 6 | Grain elevator worker, Scott City, KS |
2004 |
| 4 | 4 | Herding Buffalo, Hepper, Mobridge, SD |
undated |
| 4 | 5 | Historic Ranch Tour, WY |
2002 |
| 11 | 5 | High School Rodeo Finals, Douglas WY |
2002 |
| 4 | 6 | Horse Racing, Miles City, MT |
undated |
| 16 | 10 | Japanese Internment Camp, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, WY |
undated |
| 11 | 6 | Kaycee -- Jarrad Sheep Herder |
undated |
| 16 | 8 | Kitchen cooking, WY |
undated |
| 4 | 7 | Lester Grant, Glenrock, WY |
2003 |
| 24 | Matted Photos - Branding |
2010-2020 | |
| 24 | Matted Photos - Rodeo clowns from cattle drive in Miles City (clowns can be identified at www.ropeburns.org) |
2015-2020 | |
Matted Photos - Eastern Colorado towns and landscapes: |
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| Box | |||
| 24 | Arriba |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Burlington |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Cope |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Dearfield |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Deer Trail, South East |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Flagler |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Fleming |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Genoa |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Grover |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Haxtun |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Holyoke |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Hugo |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Idalia |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Keota, Weld County |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Kit Carson |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Lorezzo |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Orchard |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Paoli |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Peetz |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Roggen |
2000-2020 | |
| 24 | Seibert |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Spring Field |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Weld City |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Willard |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Miscellaneous/unidentified |
2000-2020 | |
Matted Photos - Western Kansas towns and landscapes: |
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| Box | |||
| 25 | Miscellaneous/unidentified |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Brenton |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Brewster |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Colby, East I-70 |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Levant |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Midland |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Oakley, Highway 40 west to Colorado |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | St. Francis |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Selden |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Shanon Springs |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Wallace |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Winona |
2000-2020 | |
Matted Photos - Western Nebraska towns and landscapes: |
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| Box | |||
| 25 | Amherst |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Brandon |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Cozad/Gothenberg |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Crawford |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | David City |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Elsie |
2000-2020 | |
| 25 | Fort Robinson |
2000-2020 | |
| 26 | Highway 23 going west |
2000-2020 | |
| 26 | Kimball |
2000-2020 | |
| 26 | McGrew |
2000-2020 | |
| 26 | Palisade |
2000-2020 | |
| 26 | Sand Hills |
2000-2020 | |
| 26 | Venango |
2000-2020 | |
| 26 | Wallace |
2000-2020 | |
| 26 | Wauneta |
2000-2020 | |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 8 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
| 5 | 1 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
| 5 | 2 | Miscellaneous; Casper, WY |
2001-2002 |
| 5 | 3-5 | Miscellaneous Matted Photos |
undated |
| 6 | 1-5 | Miscellaneous Matted Photos |
undated |
| 8-9 | Miscellaneous Matted Photos |
undated | |
| 23 | Miscellaneous Matted Photos - Western celebrations, musicians, cowboy poets, rodeos, parades, and cowboys/cowgirls |
2015-2020 | |
| 23-24 | Miscellaneous Matted Photos - Western celebrations, cattle drives, ranches, brandings, rodeos, parades, and cowboys/cowgirls |
2010-2020 | |
| Folder | |||
| 16 | 11 | Miscellaneous unidentified photos |
undated |
| 11 | 7-8 | Old Tractors |
undated |
| 11 | 9 | Oregon Trails in Nebraska |
undated |
Oversized Photographic Prints: |
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| Box | |||
| 17 | 24 x 14 prints of abandoned buildings and rodeo scenes |
undated | |
| 18 | 24 x 14 prints of ranch and rodeo scenes |
undated | |
| 20 | 10 x 8 towns in US |
2014-2015 | |
Taken summer of 2000 Whitehorse to Inuvik, Canada |
undated | ||
| Box | |||
| 19 | 16 x 12 prints |
undated | |
| 19-20 | 14 x 11 prints |
undated | |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 1 | Parade Day, Casper, WY |
undated |
| 11 | 10 | Powder River, Wyoming Fair |
undated |
| 7 | 2 | Ranch Rodeo, Terry, MT |
undated |
| 7 | 3 | Rausch Herefords Sale, Hoven, SD |
1998 February 16 |
Rodeo: |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 11 | Casper |
undated |
| 11 | 12 | Colby, KS |
undated |
| 11 | 13 | Framed and unlabeled |
undated |
| 11 | 14 | Kaycee |
undated |
| 7 | 4 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
| 7 | 5 | MT |
undated |
| 7 | 6 | National Stock Show, Denver, CO |
undated |
| 21 | Justin Boots Championships, Omaha, Nebraska |
2011 | |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 7 | Scenic, Taken in WY |
Fall 2001 |
| 12 | 1 | Sheep Drive, Douglas |
2003 |
| 16 | 1 | Sheep Herding, Kaycee, WY |
2007 |
| 7 | 8 | Sheep Shearing, Kaycee, WY, Meike Ranch |
Spring 2003 |
| 16 | 2 | Sheep Shearing, Kaycee, WY |
undated |
| 7 | 9 | Shipping Sheep, Pheasants, Kaycee, WY |
Fall 2002 |
| 12 | 2-3 | Special Olympics - CNFR |
2002=2003 |
| 12 | 4 | Stock Show, Denver |
2004 |
| 7 | 10 | Taken at Sale Barns in WY |
2002 |
| 7 | 11 | Thorstensen Bull Sale, SD |
undated |
| 7 | 12 | Torrington Sale Barn |
2002 |
| 7 | 13 | Tractor Pull, Shoshoni, WY |
June 2002 |
| 7 | 14 | Trail Drive, Kerns Parker, WY |
June 2002 |
| 7 | 15 | Vineyard Ranch, Sundance, WY, Medicine Lake Ranch,
|
May 2002 |
| 7 | 16 | WY High School/ College Rodeo Finals, Douglas, WY,
|
2002 |
| 12 | 5 | Views of Wyoming |
undated |
| 12 | 6 | Vineyard, Sundance, WY |
undated |
| 12 | 7 | Walleye Tournament, Mobridge, SD |
undated |
| 14 | 1-5 | Women in Agriculture |
undated |
| 15 | 1-6 | Women in Agriculture |
2004-2006, undated |
| 12 | 8 | Wyoming around Casper |
undated |
| 12 | 9 | Wyoming scenery |
undated |
| 16 | 12 | Wyoming scenery |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Cattle--Marking--Montana.
- Cattle--Marking--Wyoming.
- Cattle drives--Wyoming.
- Cattle trade--Montana.
- Cattle trade--Wyoming.
- Cattle drives--South Dakota.
- Cattle trade--South Dakota.
- Cattle--Buying.
- Cattle--Marking--North Dakota.
- Cattle--Marking--South Dakota.
- Ranch houses--Wyoming.
- Ranches--Wyoming.
- Rodeos--Kansas.
- Rodeos--Montana.
- Rodeos--Wyoming.
- Sheep-shearing--Wyoming.
Corporate Names
- College National Finals Rodeo.
Geographical Names
- Wyoming.
Occupations
- Photographers.
Processed by Darcey Bezanson
2008
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